Rebecca Rafferty

Rochester

Writer at Freelance

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Oral tradition

1 month ago | roccitymag.com | Rebecca Rafferty

Festival season is filled with events that celebrate flowers, music, cultural heritage, regional history and the arts. Last June, a new category joined the roster when Writers & Books hosted the city’s first annual Poetry Festival at the Highland Park Bowl.
Man of steel

2 months ago | roccitymag.com | Rebecca Rafferty

[ { "name": "500x250 Ad", "insertPoint": "5", "component": "15667920", "parentWrapperClass": "", "requiredCountToDisplay": "1" } ] click to enlarge You’ve seen his work. It’s the low row of water sprite-like wings on the bridge railing where Main Street spans the Genesee.
Visual learning

Sep 24, 2024 | roccitymag.com | Rebecca Rafferty

click to enlarge[ { "name": "500x250 Ad", "insertPoint": "5", "component": "15667920", "parentWrapperClass": "", "requiredCountToDisplay": "1" } ]This year, our picks for not-to-be-missed visual art shows include sobering accounts of institutional and interpersonal abuse and its long-lasting impact; Rochester’s major institutions reflecting with deep dives into their collections; and individual artists digging into various fraught fragments of this American life.
Beyond folklore

Mar 31, 2024 | roccitymag.com | Rebecca Rafferty

Local Indigenous nations have several traditional stories about what periodically made the sun disappear for several minutes during the daytime. Those tales will be shared during a celebration and viewing of the eclipse on Monday, April 8 at Fort Hill near Ganondagan State Historic Site (Ganondagan itself is reserved for a private event that day).
Partnership perks: Public Provisions @ Flour City Bread

Feb 23, 2024 | roccitymag.com | Rebecca Rafferty

click to enlarge Before last fall, it may not have seemed like the Rochester Public Market needed another restaurant in and around its grounds. But Public Provisions — which in July 2023 moved into 45 Public Market, a single story, spacious building next to Cure/Java’s — fits the market vibe so well, it feels like it’s always been there.
Raison d’Art

Feb 18, 2024 | roccitymag.com | Rebecca Rafferty

click to enlarge Sarah Jesse’s first seminal experience with art happened when she visited the Detroit Institute of Arts as a teen and viewed the gargantuan installation of Diego Rivera’s 1932 Detroit Industry Murals. “It was by far the most spectacular thing I had ever seen at that time in my life,” she said.
Discussing CITY Magazine's February 2024 issue

Feb 16, 2024 | wxxinews.org | Evan Dawson |Leah Stacy |Ryan Williamson |Rebecca Rafferty

1 of 2 — (foreground) Ryan Williamson, Catt Hsu, (background) Rebecca Rafferty, and Leah Stacy on Connections.png (foreground) Ryan Williamson, Catt Hsu, (background) Rebecca Rafferty, and Leah Stacy on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Friday, February 16, 2024 David Griffin / WXXI News 2 of 2 — Adam Scheffler Adam Scheffler Provided It’s our monthly look at the latest issue of CITY Magazine.
Partnership perks | Happy Gut Sanctuary + Roc City Ramen

Feb 8, 2024 | roccitymag.com | Rebecca Rafferty

click to enlarge After High Falls staple Fina’s Café and Bakery closed at 229 Mill St. in 2020, the area’s options for a daytime bite or caffeinated beverage were next to nil — until Happy Gut Sanctuary and Roc City Ramen opened together in that spot in late November 2023. Together, the businesses offer a variety of fermented teas, coffee, and both Japanese fare and American comfort foods with an Asian flair.
Sweet destinations

Feb 8, 2024 | roccitymag.com | Rebecca Rafferty

The retail spaces at local chocolate shops Hedonist Artisan Chocolates (674 South Ave.) and Laughing Gull Chocolates (1868 E. Main St.) are small yet bountiful boutiques, packed with scores of creatively flavored truffles, chocolate bark and bars, caramels, drinking chocolate, and more. Playing with chocolate all day might sound like a dream job — and the shop owners say that it is — but it takes serious labor to make a stellar product, and serious ethical considerations go into the craft.
Partnership perks | Winter Swan Coffee + Stacy K Floral

Feb 7, 2024 | roccitymag.com | Rebecca Rafferty

click to enlarge When a bride-to-be walks into a florist shop for a wedding consultation, being able to order a latte on site is an added perk. Similarly, meeting a colleague for an out-of-office coffee while surrounded by greenery and bathed in natural light when it’s icy outside is just the ticket. However visitors arrive at the counter of Winter Swan Coffee, housed within Stacy K Floral at 43 Russell St., the ‘Swan Cloud’ — their version of a Vietnamese coffee — is a must-try.